Ive been searching for better lighting while still keeping the pop up look but Ive only found a limited amount of solutions. Here are three that Ive found:

WiseSport/Ebay clear lenses:


I currently have these and they are better but they are definitely for RHD and I had to take out the HIDs I had because they threw blinding light around.

Evo-r:


These looked really promising but I asked and its more of a do it your self type of deal. Its just a couple parts and you have to figure out the rest. Not what im really looking for.

AF Engineering?:
http://www.lighter.net/products/rx7headlights/

I like these but dont know if they are still being made. I just emailed about them so Ill find out. They look solid and I dont mind the openish look of them. HIDs are way too expensive for what I want though.

So what else is out there for popups? please help me

 

Knightsports Headlights. Very expensive and I was told they are discontinued. I can get you a set with less than 100 miles for $1000.

 

Knightsport kit.

Looks a lot like the Evo-R kit.

Damn... Pure beat me to it.

 

oops knightsportsjust slipped my mind. i still think its odd there is no midlevel cost set, something in the 500-600 range. where there a bunch of others that just stopped making them?

 

holy crap, who's car is that
looks

 

thats shawn's car....or Mazdabation here on the forum. Beautiful car!!

 

I think I have the lights they sell on rx7club. They seem just ok. When I got mine, one of the ballasts was busted and it took me forever to get another one sent to me. Unfortunately, it was a different size ballast. I don't know if I would recommend these. I think this is just a set someone put together with ebay lenses. Its still an ok deal since they are HIDs though. If I could do it over again, I would get the e-spec lenses from corksport. This whole thing with the ballasts really turned me of.

 

Yes that my baby....thanx for the compliments. Although she is no longer 99 spec, I went back to original....boy i really know how to waist money LOL

 

What I would give if someone made a "turnkey" kit that maintained the pop-up feature, HID projector lense, that essentially gave the same lighting and cutoff as most new cars today (like my RX8). It just isn't available as far as I know??
--Jeff

 

I've got pictures saved from the Pictures thread on here of a 99 spec converted gunmetal FD. It has projectors in it's popups with HIDs and has a beautiful cut off. I'm pretty sure it's a custom fab. The popups are slightly sleepy. and IIRC correctly, it looked like a much smaller unit than the knightsports.

 

seriously, im surprised that no one makes some thing like this. it doesnt sound too tricky.

also khoveraki please post those pics

 

many have tried, or started threads that went on for a year or more, but no one has pulled it off yet as a kit as far as I know!

 

Iirc